Improvement in machines for pressing tobacco



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J. 1). KING. TOBAGGO PRESS.

Patented July 25, 1865.

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J; D. KING.

TOBAGGO PRESS.

No. 48,955. Patented July 25, 1865.

em aw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. D. KING, or CINCINNATI, onto.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,955, dated July 25,1865.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, J. D. KING, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Pressing Tobacco; and I do hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichv Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is alongitudinal vertical section of my invention, taken in the linear as, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of my invention Fig. 3, Sheet No. 2, a tranverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line yy, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an inverted plan or under view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved machine for pressing tobacco into plugs; and it-consists in the employment or use of a series of pressure-rollers in connection with a recip-- rocating bed provided with molds having false or supplemental bottoms, all arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the desired work may he done very expeditiously and in a perfect manner.

A represents arectangular frame, in the upper part of which a series of rollers, 13, are

placed transversely, and on which rollers a bed,

0, is fitted, so that it may be moved easily back and forth. This bed 0 is operated or has a reciprocating motion imparted to it by means of two racks, a a, at its under side, said racks.

being parallel with each other and extending the whole length of the bed, and working in recesses b in a drum, D, which has two loose pulleys, E upon it at one end, either of which may be connected with the drum, as desired, by means of a clutch, F. These pulleys E E are driven by means of bolts 0 c from av driving-shaft, G, the belt 0 being straight and c a cross belt. By this means a reciprocating motion is communicated to the bed 0, the pulleys E E being connected and disconnected alternately at the termination of each stroke or movement of bed 0. This bed 0 is provided with a series of rows of vertical pins, (2, between which boxes or troughsG are fitted parallel with each other. These boxes or troughs may be made of wood lined with sheet metal, and they are each provided with a false or supplemental bottom, 0, which maybe of wood.

The frameA is provided with upright frames H H, one at each side of it, in which-frames ries of rollers, K. These rollers are'of difl'erent widths, corresponding to the width of the boxes or troughs G,which are of difierent widths to form different-sized plugs. (SeeFigs. 2 and 3.\

lhe device is used as follows: The boxes or troughs are taken from the bed 0 and are filled with tobacco properly prepared. for pressing,

-the tobacco being weighed, so that each box or trough will be supplied with a certain weight.

-)ressure. The bed 0 is then moved forward 1 and backward underneath the rollers K, so as to give the tobacco two pressures, and at the termination of the forward movement of the bed the screws J may be slightly turned, to

give an additional pressure to the rollers on the return motionof the bed. A forward and backward movement of the bed will be generally sufficient to compress the tobacco as much as required, and at the termination of the backward movement of the bed the boxes or troughs G are removed and placed upon a table, and the compressed tobacco taken from them by taking hold of the false orsupplemental bottoms e, the tobacco, of course, being removed with said bottoms. Any numberofthese boxesortroughs may be employed, one set of hands filling the same and another removing the compressed to bacco therefrom. The device therefore need not remain idle during the pressing or com pressir g operation;

Rollers K of ditlercnt widths may be placed onthe shaft 1 and boxes or troughs G of different widths used, or they may all be of the same dimensions. In Figs. 2- and 3 rollers and boxes or troughs of different widths are shown adjustable bearings, in combination with a reciprocating bed, 0, provided with a series of removable boxes or troughs, G, corresponding, in width to the rollers, all arranged substantially as-zind for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 11th day ofMareh,1S65.

J. D. KING.

Witnesses:

M. 1V. LIVINGSTON, O. L. Tormrr. 

